“What?
What did you just say?
A large number of Titans appearing in Canghai City?”
Mo Wang’s first reaction upon hearing this news was that Jiwotou and Xiaolongxia had both lost their minds—either they were too deep into their act, or they regretted handing over their life’s work to the Far East Branch.
They’d actually sent a whole swarm of Titans to cause trouble.
But Mo Wang quickly tossed that thought out of his head.
Those two doctors had no time for such antics right now.
The conservative faction of Anti-Entropy they belonged to was being backed into a corner by Cocolia’s group.
“So, these Titans were sent by that woman Cocolia?”
Thinking this, Mo Wang’s face fell flat.
If there was anyone in this world he truly hated from the bottom of his heart, Cocolia would definitely be on that list.
You see, Cocolia was practically the number one troublemaker of the Honkai world—a real villainess.
Compared to her, Otto seemed like a saint, Elysia appeared positively adorable, and Vita was just a mischievous little girl.
If the Cocolia from the neighboring Honkai: Star Rail could still be excused by the Stellaron’s influence, and even portrayed as a good mother, then this one from Honkai Impact 3rd was a pure anti-human lunatic.
Of course, there was no denying that this woman had ambition and skill.
Being a newcomer in Anti-Entropy, managing to stand toe-to-toe with the two doctors, even driving them to flee—that was no easy feat for an ordinary person.
Of course, this was also because Old Yang wasn’t great at management, which ultimately led to this outcome.
“Wait a minute?
Was this in the original first chapter?”
Mo Wang couldn’t figure out what had gotten into that troublemaking woman’s head.
If a few female students died, Theresa would probably go after her with everything she had.
“Where are those Titans now?
Report immediately.”
Mo Wang stopped slacking off and immediately asked everyone on the ship.
“The Titan forces have successfully landed on the coastline and are splitting up!
The Titan forces are advancing toward our five squads!”
The Valkyrie who was compiling intelligence was startled by Mo Wang’s sudden arrival and instinctively blurted out all the information.
Everyone was confused as to why the slacker king from earlier seemed to have transformed into a completely different person, his aura resembling that of a true captain…
“Split into five routes?
What’s the exact number?”
Mo Wang pressed on, addressing the Valkyries before him.
“This…
we can’t see much difference in numbers between each route.
It seems each route has the same number of enemies.”
“I see…”
Mo Wang guessed Cocolia’s scheme the moment he heard the intel.
To Cocolia, the only target that mattered was Mei, the Third Herrscher.
After all, that woman dreamed of obtaining the Herrscher Core.
She must have gotten wind of the doctors’ plans from somewhere and decided to take this opportunity to fish in troubled waters and capture Mei.
The reason for splitting her forces was merely to confuse and pin down St.
The current situation was that the Valkyries in the squads couldn’t possibly handle the incoming Titans.
And with St.
Freya already lacking high-end combat power, even if they knew Kiana was in danger, they probably couldn’t send reinforcements.
“Notify all squads and Himeko immediately—converge on the fifth squad at maximum speed!”
Mo Wang quickly issued his orders to the Valkyries around him.
“We can’t—our signal source is being jammed.
We can’t reach Major Himeko and the others.”
Several Valkyries frantically worked the communication equipment, but no matter how they tried, only static came through.
“The first and second squads have made contact with the Titans!
They’re under heavy attack!”
“The third and fourth squads are under artillery bombardment!
Communications are completely cut off!”
“The fifth squad is also under attack!”
Mo Wang drew in a sharp breath aboard the ship.
Damn it.
Cocolia’s move was truly vicious.
First cutting off their communications, then launching simultaneous strikes—even if they wanted to provide support, they couldn’t.
“What do we do now?
Should we contact the Academy Principal?”
Faced with this situation, the Valkyries on the ship were panicking.
After all, most of the Valkyries on the ship were still ungraduated students.
Some were even on their first official mission.
Without Himeko’s command, everyone was scrambling, completely forgetting whatever they’d learned in class.
“Everyone, stay calm.
Things haven’t gotten that bad yet.”
Mo Wang, in contrast, had calmed down.
He turned his gaze to a Valkyrie who looked considerably older.
She had once been Himeko’s adjutant and was one of the few Valkyries on the ship with a military rank.
Compared to the panicking students, she remained remarkably composed.
“Lieutenant Mengya, you will take full command of the operations from here.
Organize personnel to restore communications between squads as soon as possible.
And notify the Academy Principal of the current situation!”
The lieutenant called Mengya frowned upon hearing Mo Wang’s words.
“Wait, Captain, the situation is unclear.
What are you planning to do?
What we should be doing right now is finding a way to deal with those incoming Honkai Beasts…”
Lieutenant Mengya couldn’t understand what this man was thinking.
At a time like this, was he still thinking about slacking off?
“I’ll handle it!”
Mo Wang cut her off.
“This situation can’t be resolved by sitting here and commanding.
Mo Wang looked her straight in the eyes, with no confusion or hesitation in his gaze.
“But, without Major Himeko’s orders—” “Forget Himeko!”
Mo Wang interrupted her again.
“Right now, I am the captain of the Hyperion!
Don’t give me that—I know you all see me as some lucky guy who got stuck with the job.
Even if the Overseer and the Academy Principal strip me of my position afterward, you remember this: right now!
Here!
I’m in charge!”
Lieutenant Mengya was startled by the look in Mo Wang’s eyes and ultimately said nothing.
Indeed, everything Mo Wang said was true—everyone thought he’d only become captain of the Hyperion through sheer luck.
But no matter what others thought, Mo Wang was, in fact, the highest-ranking commander of this ship.
Even Himeko was technically beneath him.
“Carry out the orders.
I’ll bring them all back safely.”
Mo Wang turned around and shouted to everyone around him, “Ai-chan, open the hatch for me!”
“Yes, boss!”
As Ai-chan’s cute voice came through the ship’s speakers, Mo Wang suddenly accelerated and vanished from everyone’s sight.
“Wait!”
Lieutenant Mengya watched Mo Wang run off and felt a headache coming on.
What now?
Were all captains of the Hyperion such hotheads?
“Quick, check what that captain is doing!
Where’s he gone now?”
The lieutenant hurriedly asked the Valkyries around her.
Mo Wang had run off too fast—she didn’t even have time to stop him.
“The captain…
the captain has already run to the hatch!”
The Valkyrie being questioned frantically checked Mo Wang’s location.
“What’s he doing there?”
The lieutenant’s mind went blank as she asked instinctively.
“Oh no!
The captain jumped off!
He…
he didn’t even bring a parachute!”
Upon hearing this, the lieutenant stumbled back two steps.
Her mind went completely blank.
What was going on?
Was their captain so stressed out that he’d decided to just jump?
The new captain had only been in office for two days—were they already going to need to replace him again?
Thank you so much for following this story with me.